• Alex

    I somehow need this for my Shakespeare essay. Also, I agree.

  • Aggressive Play: Does it Lead to Violent Behaviors? | A. Rutschke

    […] the article, Ask the Experts: What’s the Deal with Boys + Guns?, Dr.Michael Thompson, an expert and author on child development had this to say, “Parents […]

  • Chuck H.

    Throughout history Men take lives of animals for meat. Men also defend their family. This is all “hardwired” into our DNA as males I believe. We are the protectors and the providers. As history and experience has shown this is much easier to do with weapons of some sort. As a boy grows into his teenage years he is looking for ways to “step” into manhood, and prove himself. So around the age of 7 on up he begins wanting to learn trapping/hunting skills but normally not allowed on hunts until teenage years. I believe we are still hunter/gatherers in our DNA and that we designed to be this way. Today we as males still have those same needs and desires but our culture and way of life is such that the deepest part of what has always defined us as men is no longer perceived as valid or needed. Which, I believe is the reason so many men feel lost.

  • Boys Behaving Badly?

    […] a mother of both a boy and girl, my boy does offers up different challenges that fall into the stereotypical category of male behavior.   My son has to run, wrestle, find sticks, and kick balls — he […]

  • Let the boys play | Confessions of a Dr. Mom

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  • Tracey – JustAnotherMommyBlog

    It’s good to see an article that doesn’t negate the value of good guys vs bad guys. I know that every elderly man I love played cowboys and Indians, WW2 battles, and cops and robbers. Not a one of them is a violent or angry man. Every one of them is someone I’d like my sons to grow up to be like.